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20 Nov 09

Marc Faber: World economy setting itself up for a bigger bust (21.11.09)

"The crisis has not solved anything. On the contrary there is less transparency today than there was before. The government's balance sheet is expanding, and the abuses that have led to the one cause of the crisis have continued.

"I think eventually there will be a big bust and then the whole credit expansion will come to an end. But before that happens, they will print money, and they will grow into very high inflation rate, and the economy will not respond.

"The average family will be hurt by that, and then in order to distract the attention of the people, the governments will go to war. People ask me against whom? Well, they will invent an enemy."

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European Coalition for Corporate Justice

The European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) brings together national platforms of civil society organizations including NGOs, trade unions, consumers’ organizations and academic institutions promoting Corporate Accountability (CA) from all over Europe. ECCJ represents over 250 civil society organisations present in 15 different countries around Europe like the FIDH and national chapters of Oxfam, Greenpeace, Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth.

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01 Nov 09

EU court: No customs breaks for Israeli goods from settlements | Haaretz (01.11.09)

Israeli goods produced in West Bank settlements are not eligible for customs benefits in the European Union, stated an advocate general of the European Court of Justice last week. Der Spiegel recently reported that a third of Israeli exports to Europe are made in part or in full in the territories.

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31 Oct 09

Poject Indect

EU intelligent information system supporting observation, searching and detection for security of citizens in urban environment.

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29 Oct 09

Legal Redress for Corporate Participation in International Human Rights Abuses: A Progress Report (Summer 2009)

In this article, ICJ [Intl. Commission of Jurists] Commissioner, Justice Ian Binnie of the Supreme Court of Canada, describes the progress that has been made, and that which remains to be made, in developing an acceptable legal liability framework for corporate human rights violations. In particular, Justice Binnie cites the ICJ's Expert Panel Report on Corporate Complicity and the SRSG [Special Representative of the UN Secretary General] John Ruggie's framework of "Protect, Respect, and Remedy," as important advances in defining this framework. He urges the greater development and use of both criminal and civil theories of liability for holding corporations accountable for violations. He also calls for victims who have exhausted all local remedies to have access to an international body such as the International Criminal Court.

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26 Oct 09

West Bank land belongs to Jews, says Israeli army judge | The Guardian (26.10.09)

"When we [Israelis] say that this is a political conflict, then we lose the battle," he told the Guardian, adding that it should be remembered that the ancient land of Israel is "given to us by the Bible, not by some United Nations".

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Russian Professor: Collapse Of America Could Begin Next Month (01.09.09)

Russian Professor Igor Panarin says that events are continuing to confirm his doomsday prediction first made over 10 years ago, that the United States will completely collapse like the Soviet Union before the end of 2010, and warns that the chaos could begin to unfold in as little as two months.

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25 Oct 09

Living standards continue steep fall in Eastern Europe | WSWS (24.10.09)

Twenty years after the reintroduction of capitalism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, a World Bank report acknowledges that a third of the population in the region lives in poverty. World Bank demands cuts in social spending, after Wall Street investors and hedge fund managers ruined standard of living for many.

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Change rules of war, Israeli PM demands | Sydney Morning Herald (22.10.09)

Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will attempt to change the international laws of war in the wake of accusations that Israel committed war crimes during the January conflict in Gaza.

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20 Oct 09

British mining company faces damages claim after allegations of torture in Peru | The Guardian (18.10.09)

When the protesters marched to the mine they found armed police waiting for them. They say the police were being directed by the mine's managers – although its owner, Monterrico Metals, disputes this. After firing teargas at the protesters, the police detained 28 people and bound their hands behind their backs.
The detainees say noxious substances were sprayed in their faces before they were hooded, beaten with sticks and whipped. Two of the protesters were women who say they were sexually assaulted and threatened with rape.

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Kimberley Process failing Africa | Reuters (18.10.09)

diamond industry's Kimberley Process is failing due to a lack of accountability and follow-up, paving the way for an illegal trade that could see a return of conflict stones to world markets

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17 Oct 09

Minton report: Carter-Ruck give up bid to keep Trafigura study secret | The Guardian (16.10.09)

Lawyers for oil traders Trafigura finally abandoned attempts to keep secret a scientific report about toxic waste dumping in west Africa, that was shown to the Guardian.

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FBI raids home over use of Twitter at G20 summit | WSWS (16.10.09)

On October 1, FBI anti-terrorism agents backed by police helicopters raided the Queens, New York, home of Elliot Madison, a self-described anarchist. Madison had been arrested in Pittsburgh a week earlier for using Twitter to pass information between protesters at the G20 summit.

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